Principles of Water Law and Administration: National and International 3rd Edition

Author: Dante A. Caponera; Marcella Nanni
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367729325

Published In: December 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781138610569

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This book, which was first published in 1992 and then updated in 2007, provides a tool for dealing with the legal and institutional aspects of water resources management within national contexts and at the level of transboundary water resources. Like its two previous editions, it seeks to cover all aspects that need to be known in order to attain good water governance, but it provides updates concerning developments since 2007. These relate, inter alia, to the following:

the “greening” of water law, which calls for the progressive integration of environmental law principles into domestic and international water law
the adoption, by the International Law Commission in 2008, of the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, and subsequent developments
the emergence of the right to water as a self-standing human right
the adoption of domestic water laws supporting integrated water resources management (IWRM) and enhanced public participation in planning and decision making
the integration into these laws of tools facilitating adaptive water management as a response to climate variability and change
progress in the implementation of EU law
recent international agreements and judicial decisions
efforts of regional organizations other than the EU to steer cooperation in the management of transboundary water resources and the harmonization of national laws, and
institutional mechanisms for the management of transboundary water resources (surface and underground)